"Haha, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Even if you can keep it secret for a while, can you keep it secret forever? What's more, this lady is very smart. Although I don't know how she did it, it's nothing more than stealing the skills from others." Su Donglou was drinking tea and talking, and suddenly smiled and said, "Why? Are you making an exception today? Can't you eat these snacks one after another?"
Even though Lu Fengyu was thick-skinned, his face turned red at this moment, but he immediately laughed and said, "For the sake of food, is it shameful? Not only do I want to eat, I also want to eat and take away. I will take these two plates of snacks." After saying that, he looked around and suddenly saw the authentic painting of Gu Ximing of the previous dynasty hanging on the wall of Su Donglou. He stood up and was about to take the painting.
"What are you doing? Put it down." Su Donglou was startled, but saw Lu Fengyu said nonchalantly: "Find me some paper to wrap the snacks, or I will take this painting down. At worst, I will go back and give you a painting that is indistinguishable from the real thing." This guy has many talents, one of which is forgery. Of course, he can't say this to others. How can such an elegant thing as calligraphy and painting be related to forgery? That should be called copying.
"You are such a scoundrel." Su Donglou stamped his feet in anger, but he could do nothing about it. He quickly ordered someone to bring some clean brown paper and asked Lu Fengyu to put the snacks in the brown paper bag. Then he said unhappily, "What's the matter with you? Can you tell me straight now?"
"It will be Qingming Festival in a few days. The emperor has issued an order for the prince to go to the Nanjing Imperial Mausoleum to worship the ancestors. When the time comes, please arrange for protection along the way." Lu Fengyu then said his intention in a serious tone, but saw Su Donglou's spirits lifted and he said excitedly: "Oh? Did the emperor send our prince to worship the ancestors this year? Didn't several princes come here before?"
"Not all of them are princes. Five years ago, the prince was ordered to go to Tailing to pay homage." Lu Fengyu said casually. After that, he stood up and held the two packages of snacks in his arms: "Okay, the work is done, I'm leaving. By the way, I think this cook is very powerful, you may not be able to subdue her, why not send her to me..."
Before he could finish, Su Donglou said decisively, "Don't even think about it. Just wait. You can eat and take things from me today. Tomorrow I will go to your house and get you back all your money with interest."
"Then it's settled. I've prepared the wolfhounds in the mansion and will be waiting for you." Lu Fengyu was not afraid at all. He smiled and bowed to say goodbye.
"Wolfhound?" Su Donglou also sneered: "Just right. I've been craving for dog meat these days. Speaking of which, I've been able to enjoy dog meat frequently this year, all thanks to you, sir. I haven't thanked you yet. I'll kill those dogs tomorrow and thank you all at once."
Lu Fengyu's face changed color slightly, as if he remembered something unpleasant before, and sneered: "I advise you not to underestimate the enemy. Now these vicious dogs are the treasures of the Western Regions that the prince gave me..." Before he finished speaking, Su Donglou laughed and said: "That's even better, the more precious it is, the more delicious it is."
Lu Fengyu couldn't say any more harsh words, and turned away with a cold snort.
It was not until his figure disappeared outside the door that Duan Tingxuan, who had been wiping the railings and flower pots in the yard, stood up and looked at the two gates with a thoughtful look.
"If that Lu Fengyu is really as cunning and sinister as you said, he will definitely be suspicious of Nuannuan's identity."
It was still the simple secret room as last time. Duan Tingxuan and Su Donglou sat opposite each other. The snack in front of them was pork ribs and rice cakes. The two of them took turns to grab a piece and talked at the same time. Su Nuannuan, who was standing beside them, burst into tears.
Her journey through time is actually to save a group of foodies, right? Look at the people that others meet after traveling through time, the good guys and the bad guys all have distinct personalities, but what about her? Foodies, foodies, all foodies, good guys are foodies, bad guys are also foodies, and now she finally meets a guy who may be the ultimate villain, and he is also a foodie. It really makes people despair just thinking about it.
"He will definitely be suspicious, but it doesn't matter. We don't plan to let my sister-in-law go on any mission anyway. If he keeps focusing on my sister-in-law, you can just work on other things. Hmm! This pork rib rice cake is really delicious. It's a pity that my sister-in-law can't reveal her identity. Otherwise, once this thing is taken out, no matter if she is a suspicious person or not, Lu Fengyu will treat her as a guest of honor."
"Leave me one piece. This is only made once during the Chinese New Year, and it was snatched away by the elders in the mansion. I finally left two plates in the study, thinking that I could sneak a few bites when no one was around, but our damn cat smelled it and took away half of the plate in one go. I was so angry that my liver hurt. I finally got to eat it again, but you snatched it from me."
"Bah! You still have the nerve to say that? After all, you've eaten it, right? Didn't the cat only eat half of the plate? Wasn't there a whole plate and half a plate left?"
Su Donglou stuffed ribs into his mouth fiercely, which made Su Nuannuan's anger rise. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore. She slammed the table and said through gritted teeth, "Hey! Enough of you two. I'm sitting here in the middle of the night, not to watch you fight over snacks, okay?"
"Then go back to sleep." Su Donglou and Duan Tingxuan said in unison. At this time, the two of them stood on the same front.
"Tell me something serious."
How could Su Nuannuan be willing to go back? She wanted to see if she had a chance to become a spy. Lu Fengyu might be a bad guy, but Su Donglou also said that he never killed anyone. So it seemed that he had a mental obsession with cleanliness. So if she went to his house to be a spy, she shouldn't have to worry about her life. Moreover, if she went to be a spy, Duan Tingxuan would definitely follow her, and the safety factor was close to 100%. She didn't want to miss such a wonderful thing. Life in the Marquis' Mansion was indeed a bit boring. She, who just wanted to be a quiet foodie, began to look forward to some fun.
Su Donglou and Duan Tingxuan wanted to resist, but after realizing Su Nuannuan's status as a "foodie parent", they stopped their greasy claws from grabbing the pork ribs and rice cakes. Su Donglou said seriously, "Why would the emperor let the King of Xiangyang go to worship the Tai Mausoleum? What is the purpose of this move?"
"With the matter of Duke Ping and now Lord Long's, the emperor must be suspicious of Prince Xiangyang, otherwise he would not have sent me to Jiangnan. The acts of offering sacrifices to heaven and worshipping the tomb are to appease Prince Xiangyang." Duan Tingxuan really understood the emperor and guessed his other party's intentions at once.
Su Donglou finally breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it and smiled again, "Yes, the emperor must be worried about your safety. With this move, the King of Xiangyang will relax and won't care about your whereabouts. But forgive me for being frank, even so, we can't take it lightly. The emperor probably knows the King of Xiangyang, but he certainly doesn't know that there is Lu Fengyu by his side. The purpose behind this appeasement may not be hidden from that guy. And you can't learn cooking, and by mistake, you let my sister-in-law be exposed in front of him. I'm not afraid that he will suspect my sister-in-law, but I'm afraid that he has already suspected your identity."
Duan Tingxuan said, "I was also worried about this at first, but after listening to your sister-in-law's account of the conversation with Lu Fengyu in the kitchen, I am no longer worried. Have you ever seen a prince's wife as fierce and petty as her? Lu Fengyu almost made her bleed with just one provocation. Is this something a prince's wife can do?"
Su Donglou said worriedly, "Even so, my sister-in-law has a reputation for being a hot-tempered person... ahem... people have heard about this a few years ago."
That's true. Tingxuan was speechless for a moment. Su Nuannuan said nervously, "What's going on? Did I... did I reveal something? I shouldn't have spoken so boldly..."
Before she could finish, Duan Tingxuan comforted her, "It's okay, it's none of your business, just stay true to yourself. If you think about it, Lu Fengyu will get dizzy if he thinks about it a few more times. Then, Nuannuan, you will have accomplished a great deed."
Is this... a compliment? Su Nuannuan thought about it and felt that it was not. Maintaining her true colors? What true colors? It's nothing more than being a foodie and being tough. If you ask people on the street, I'm afraid nine out of ten people will not agree that this is an advantage. What? Ten out of ten people won't say good things? Nonsense, there should be room for a woman who is different from others, right? At the very least, there is still herself, right? She doesn't think there is anything wrong with these two qualities.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Su Donglou burst into laughter and said, "That's right. Anyway, we are not going to let my sister-in-law go. Lu Fengyu will definitely suspect that I am playing hard to get. But I won't let her go. I guess he will be confused. This is called being too clever."
Su Nuannuan was even more upset when she heard this: What do you mean you are not going to let your sister-in-law go? Are you a dog?
After discussing for a while, they finally decided to start with Su Nuannuan's cooking skills, pretending that Su Donglou couldn't do without her cooking skills, and then take the couple to Nanjing for a trip and act accordingly.
After the plan was made, they went back to sleep. Duan Tingxuan and Su Nuannuan slept in the same room, but one slept on the bed and the other slept on the couch. So when Su Donglou wanted to arrange for a maid to come and serve him, the young marquis refused outright: family disgrace should not be made public. If the maids found out that he, a noble prince, could not even climb into his wife's bed, how embarrassing would that be?
On the second day, Duan Tingxuan was taken to the manor by Chang San. In fact, he wanted to find an opportunity to secretly investigate the place where Long Pingzhang had the accident that day to see if there were any missing clues. Although the chances were very small, the young marquis would not give up until he saw it with his own eyes.
Su Nuannuan also did her cooking leisurely. Although she couldn't be innovative, she was born with good cooking skills, so the existing dishes and snacks were enough for her to show her talents.
Moreover, creating new dishes is not the exclusive domain of the wife of the prince of Anping Marquis's Mansion. She dared not make a completely innovative dish like lion's head, but when making vermicelli and meat slices, she made a small change to the meat slices and made it into meat dregs. Isn't this a ready-made dish of ants climbing trees? Although she dared not make eggplant boxes, she was afraid that the leftover leek and meat dumpling stuffing would go bad. It happened that there were eggplants just delivered from the farm greenhouse in the kitchen. The owner wanted to eat steamed eggplants, so she had an idea to cut the eggplants open, put the leftover leek and meat stuffing in the pot and steam them. This is also a common way to eat it. It's just that many people don't think that dumpling stuffing can be put in eggplants.
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